£8,000 raised for HideOut at GM Run

Supporters raise vital funds for HideOut Youth Zone at the Great Manchester Run. Thousands of runners took to the streets of the city on Sunday 21st May for this year’s Great Manchester Run, taking on the 10k and half marathon events. The Great Manchester Run celebrated its 20th anniversary in true Mancunian style, with high-energy […]

Celebrating Honeycomb

HideOut’s six-week South Asian Heritage Girls project comes to a close with final celebration meal. In January, HideOut Youth Zone began a six-week South Asian Heritage Girls project named ‘HoneyComb’. The group made up of Senior Club members, met weekly over the six-week period to take part in activities, including care package creation, exploration of […]

Case Study: Young Leader

Charlie was shortlisted for Young Leader of the Year at Manchester City Councils Youth Buzz Awards.  Charlie is 14 years old and is a Senior Club member at HideOut Youth Zone. He has been attending HideOut for over two years.   Charlie is passionate about sports and regularly engages in physical activity at the Youth Zone. He […]

Activism, Drama and HipHop at HideOut

HideOut hosts touring production and workshop to provide young people with practical strategies to cope with, and handle institution racism. On Monday 6th February, HideOut Youth Zone welcomed the performance of a brand-new HipHop theatre show, LOOPS, to the Youth Zone. LOOPS is a new production from Liverpool’s 20 Stories High, co-produced by Liverpool Everyman […]

HideOut wins the treble

HideOut celebrates a win of three awards within the month of October.   October 2022 saw an abundance of celebration for HideOut Youth Zone as the team celebrated three award wins across the month.   October kicked off with the Spirit of Manchester awards which took place on Thursday 6th October. HideOut was nominated for two awards […]

HideOut responds to cost-of-living crisis

HideOut Youth Zone to offer free meals to all members over the winter months amid the cost-of-living crisis.   On Wednesday 12 October, HideOut Youth Zone, based in Gorton (Manchester) announced it would offer free meals to all members from 24th October 2022, until 28th February 2023 to support with the current cost-of-living crisis.   The cost-of-living […]

HideOut Youth Zone Turns 2!

Over 400 members of the community join HideOut Youth Zone to celebrate the charities second birthday. HideOut Youth Zone officially turned two years old on the 26th September 2022, and to help celebrate the charities birthday, HideOut opened its doors on Saturday 24th September to invite the local residents of East Manchester to join the […]

HideOut shortlisted for local award

HideOut Youth Zone has been shortlisted for a ‘Pride of Gorton’ award It has been announced that HideOut Youth Zone has been shortlisted for a Pride of Gorton award, under the category Community Group/Team. This award category aims to recognise a team or community group that has had an outstanding positive impact on the local […]

CEO recognised as Northern Gamechanger

HideOut Youth Zone CEO, Adam Farricker, is an official Northern Gamechanger 2022. On Wednesday 14th September, it was announced that HideOut Youth Zone CEO, Adam Farricker, had been officially recognised as a ‘Northern Gamechanger 2022’. ‘Northern Gamechangers’ is a new business awards programme by Elevate GM aiming to celebrate the champions of purpose-driven business in […]

Sunday Club gets social at the Zoo

Over 50 young people joined HideOut on a trip to Chester Zoo to celebrate the end of summer On Wednesday 31st August, over 50 young people, along with their parents and carers, joined HideOut Youth Zone for a special end-of-summer ‘Sunday Club Social’. HideOut members and other young people with an additional need or disability […]